Matthew Gardner
Serial Entrepreneur: Software Design, Marketing, Graphics
About Myself
I enjoy design, both in software as well as graphics. I have a passion for UI/UX work and for getting inside users' heads. I like to create high-level code that is beautiful, flexible, and error proof (both bug-wise and user-wise). I love to talk.
Co-Founder of Passit, owner and designer at Plan & Execute. I fence, goaltend, and make music. Find me on Linkedin for complete resume.
Contact
Email: matt@thatmatt.ca
Website: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/mbgardner
Location: Hamilton, ON, Canada
Phone: 905-399-6621
Twitter: @thatmattgardner
Current Businesses
Atypical Clothing
Started in 2009, clothing company catering to a niche teen market. Shipped product worldwide online and also sold in person at events within Ontario. Currently on hiatus while dealing with previous season stock and working on new projects.
Plan & Execute
Early 2012. Web design and code, technological consulting, graphic design, branding, and promotional printing. Completes any task needed for marketing or running a business using today's technology. Clients include app platform companies, university associations, music groups, and a Communitech startup.
Passit
Founded 2012, my own startup. Passit is a mobile marketing platform designed to increase rates of new customer acquisition for brick and mortar stores by making real-life referrals easy, and then rewarding and tracking them. More information and a beta to be released in late 2012.
Carddrop, Peel StartUp Weekend
Thanks again to everyone who worked to put on the event from the RIC Centre, as well as the mentors, coaches, judges, and volunteers who worked just as hard as the participants at the event.
Upcoming Events
Innovation Factory Lunch and Learn - Obtaining Government Funding
Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012, 11:45 PM
Innovation Factory, Hamilton, ON, Canada
RIC - Growing your Business, Access to Government Funding Breakfast
Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012, 07:30 AM
Centre for Health & Safety Innovation, Creekbank Road, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Toronto StartUp Weekend
Carddrop will also be making an appearance, we will be providing participants with free accounts for the weekend!